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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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I was pulling the brakes off and saw this;



This is on the drivers side.
This is a thick green grease. I did have a harden output shaft put in about 6 months ago, and I have only about 1800 miles sence.
Car is about three months out of warrenty.
What do you think is going on?

Thanks for your help.
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That is the grease from inside the CV boot. The boot is leaking or cracked and the grease gets everywhere.

GM sells boot kits If that helps
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That is the grease from inside the CV boot. The boot is leaking or cracked and the grease gets everywhere.

GM sells boot kits If that helps
So the Rear is more then likely ok, I just need to put on a boot kit.

To put the boot kit in, must the transaxle be dropped?
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Yep, diff is OK. You will have to pull that side out however to swap the boots. We do so by pulling the upper ball joint, popping the Half shaft out of the diff, then removing the nut on the out side of the shaft and poping that end out.
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